Marble shooting pistol



April 5, 1932. 1 F, DE CAMPS 1,852,401

MARBLE SHOOTING PISTOL Filed June 25, 1930 .l 55 30 4 X57 j .54 Z 5.5' 54 #l j 2li z 5755 INVENTOR M.; ATTORNEY,

Patented Apr. 5, 1932 i JOHN F. DE CAMPS, OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS MARBLE SHOOTING PISTOL Application iled June 25, 1930. Serial No. 463,750. This invention relates to certain novel imthrough the mouth 22 of the barrel and atprovements in marble shooting' pistols and tracted into and retained in the recess 20 b f has for its principal object the provision of the attraction of the magnetized plunger 19. an improved construction of this character Attached to the plunger 19 at the rear end j 5 which will be highly entertaining in use and thereof and in any suitable manner such as 55 economical in manufacture. y welding or the like are arms 23 and 24.` r e salient object of my invention is the nserted through openings provided in the provision oi' a toy pistol for shooting marbles rear end of the arms 23 and 24 is a pin 25 and the like which will be highly entertainwhich is retained in the arms 23 and 24 in 0 ing for children. any approved manner such as by riveting. 60 ther objects will appear hereinafter. Mounted on the pin 25 is a hammer arm 26 he invention consists in the novel combiwhich includes a portion 27 having an opennation and arrangement of parts to be .hereing extended therethrough and throu h inafter described and claimed. which the pin 25 projects. The arm 26 i11- he invention will be best understood by cludes a bifurcated rear end portion which 65 reference to the accompanying' drawings, provides arms 28 and 29`and extending beshowing the preferred form of construction tween these arms is a tongue portion 30 of and in which: the hammer 31. The arms 28 and 29 and the i ig. 1 is a sectional view of the pistol taken tongue portion 30 ofthe hammer have open- 2 through the barrel and breech and showing ings formed therein through which a pin 70 the operating parts in one position; projects thus connecting the arm 26 to iig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showt e ammer 31. he hammer 31 is mounted ing the operating parts in another position; on a stud 33 which is seated in the walls 14 Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substanand 15 of the breech and included in the ham- 25 tially on the line 3-s3 in Fig. 2 g and mer is a head portion 34 which projects 0ut- 75 i ig. 4 is a sectional view taken substanwardly from the breech in a slot 35 provided tially on the line 4-4 in Fig. 3. n.

eferring to the drawings wherein a. pre- Formed intheperipheryofthehammer31 on i'erred form of construction of the inventhe lower side thereof are teeth 36 and mounttion is illustrated, 10 indicates the stock of ed movably on astud 37 and includinga tooth so the pistol which includes matched sections 11 38 whichis adapted for engaging the teeth 36 and 12 which are attached iy means of a suitis a dog 39. Included in the dog 39 is a porab e connecting element such as rivet 13 to tion 40 which has abutting engagement with portions 14 and 15 providing the breech 16 ashoulder 41 provided in the trigger 42 which and these portions 14 and 15 are joined by is movably mounted on a. stud 43. The trig- 85 means of suitable connecting elements such ger 42 includes a :finger portion 44 which as rivet 17 or the like. Formed integrally projects downwardly through a slot 45 prowith the portions 14 and 15 which provide vided in the breech and a guard 46 is pro` t ie breech 16 is the barrel 18 which is :formed vided for the trigger, this guard including a ot' .f-uiitable non-magnetic material. portion 47 which is attached to the barrel 18 90 il.. plunger 19 oi suitable magnetic material in any approved manner such as by welding is disposed in the barrel 18 and the forward and including a portion 48 which may be ein portion ofthebarrelhasaiecess20tormcd similarly attached to the wall 14 of the tiercin which is substantially a spherical breech. A. lat sprin0r 49 is mounted in the segment in shape. The plunger 19 is made of wall 15 inwardly thereof by means of a suit- 95 suitable magnetic material and the forward able connecting element suoli as rivet 50 and end portion in which the recess 2O is provi'dt is spring includes an upwardly extending ed magnetizcd and inthe use of the invenarcuated portion 5l which has abutting ention a marble 21 of any suitable magnetic magagement with the tooth 38 of the do 39. terial such as iron or the like is inserted An annular shoulder 52 is formed in the ien be held barrel 18 inwardly thereof and adiacent the rear end thereof and disposed forwardly of the shoulder 52 is a cylindrical stop 53 which has an opening 54 provided therein through which the arm 26 projects. A coil spring 55 is rovided in the barrel 1S between the rear end of the plunger 19 and the forward end of the stop 53 and provided on the arm 26 between the spring and the stop 53 is a washer 56.

It will be manifest, therefore, that when a marble 21 of any suitable magnetic material such as steel is inserted through the mouth 22 into the barrel 18 and the hammer hea `3- retracted into cocked position the operating arts will be disposed as in Fig. 2'. In this position, the tooth 38 of the dog 39 is in engagement with the teeth 36 on the hammer 3l and the dog 39-is Vretained inthisposition while the hammer is in cocked position. When the parts are disposed as in Fig. 2 and the marble inserted into the barrel the marble is attracted by the magnetized forward end ortion of the plunger an the marble is therefore retained in position; as shown in Fig. 2 in which it will be seen that a portion of the marble is disposed in the recess 2O o the plunger lVhen the person using the pistol pulls inwardly on the finger portion 44 of the trigger 42 the shoulder 41 ofthe trigger abuts the upper portion 40 of theV dog 39 and the dog is move in a clockwise direction causing the release of the tooth 38 of the dog from the teeth 36 in the hammer thereby releasing the hammer and causing' the release of the spring 55. The release of the spring by the action ofsqueezing the trigger as c escribed above causes the spring tov extent itself into position-as shown in Fig. l and thus causing the plunger 19 to be propelled rapidly forward 'in the barrel and in this manner ejecting tliemarble out of the mouth of the barrel after hich the operation 'described above may again be repeated.

While in the foregoing description of my invention I have described the plunger as being magnetized marbles made of magnetically active mate; rial it is understood that I may -vary the construction of the plunger so that a marble may in the barrel by means of a plunger other retaining means than magembodying or spring .as-

netic attraction such as a gripA sociated with the plunger.

From the foregoing vention it will be manifest that I have pros vided -a marble shooting pistol which while being simple in construction and economica in manufacture will-be highly entertaining in use. Y

While I have illustrated and described the referred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable o variation and modification, without departing `from the spirit of the invention. therean-d therefore operable with description of in-V said plunger,

1. In a device of the class described, a housing including a portion providing a barrel, a plunger movable in said barrel and formed of magnetic material, said plunger including a magnetized outer end portion having a recess provided therein, operating means or said plunger, and means providing connection between said operating means and said plunger. Y

v2. In a device of the class described, a housing including a portion providing a barrel of non-magnetic material, a plunger movable in said barrel formed of magnetic material, said plunger including a magnetized outer end portion having a recess formed therein, saic recess being substantially a spherical segment in shape, operating means for said plunger, and me ans providing connection between said plunger and said operating means.

3. In a device of the class described, a housing including a portion providing a barrel formed of non-magnetic material, a plunger movable longitudinally through sai barrel, said plunger' being formed of magnetic material and being magnetized, said plunger having an inwardly extending recess formed in the forward end portion thereof, operating means u ing a spring member disposed in said barrel rearwardly of said plunger, taining said spring member in said barrel, means providin connection between said lunger and said operating means, and means for mounting said operating means in said housing.

4. In a device of the class described, a housing including a portion providing a barrel formed of nonagnetic material, a plunger movable in said barrel, said plunger being formed of magnetic material and being magnetized, said plunger having an inwardly extending recess formed in the forward end portion thereof, operating means for said plunger including a spring member disposed in said barrel and having abutting engagement with said plunger and including an elongated member attached to said plunger and projecting throu said housing, means for retaining said spring member in said housing, means for attaching said elongated member at one end thereof to operating means for said elongated member, and means for attaching said elongated member to said operating means. Y

5. In a device of the class described, a housing including a portion providing a barrel formed of non-magnetic material, a plunger movable 1n sa1d barrel, said plunger ff] cluding an elongated member attached to said plunger and projecting through said barrel into said housing, means for retaining said spring member 1n said housing, means it end thereof to said plunger, operating means or said elongated member including a hammer member, means for attaching said projecting said last-mentioned member out of said barrel.

6. A toy gun comprising a barrel, a slid- Hl er magnetized end portion provided With a 

